The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-16
Local and State Notes.

rates of ministers Of religion were placed at
cents mile.
Local and State Notes.
The l., B. & W. yesterday put in service a
new heavy passenger engine, No. Z. 1t weighs
forty five tons, and is equipped with all mod
ern improvements
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
issued an order requiring that on all perishable
freig carried their lines the charges
must be paid in advance
Lime is an article carried by the railroads here
tofore at special and very low rates. 1t now
comes under the head of sixth class, which in
the cost of its transportation to the con-
signee SO per cent.
The general freight agent of the Louisville &
Nashville road announces that the Southern
lines had agreed on an advance of Scents per 100
pounds on Southern pine to Cincinnati. Louis
vile and ST. Louis
The Lake Erie & Western yesterday contract
ed with the indianapolis Steel Rail mill Com
any to furnish them with 1000 tons of rails. to
be delivered in May. These rails are to be laid
on the Michigan City division
The fuel question is settled, the Vandalia and
the Indianapolis g. St. Louis roads agreeing to
bring block coal into Indianapolis at 60 cents per
ton. The indianapolis & Vncennes will adjust
Its coal rates to conform to those made by the
two roads named
The prospects that the Southwestern road out
of Terre Haute will be built brighten. At Terre
Haute $4,000 has already been raised by private
subscription to encourage the enterprise, and the
soliciting committee have not as yet seen half of
the friends OF the enterprise.
The Vandalia has adopted the fog-horn whis-
tie for its passenger locomotives, the block
signal for the movement of its trains at
eral points, and has improved its telegraph
service by placing the Waters-Swe ey tele-
graph switching board in all Of its important
offices.
Negotiations are pending between the man
agement of the Chicago & Atlantic and the Lake
Erie g. Western roads for the putting on of
through trains between Indianapolis and Chi
cago the L. L. e W. connecting with the c. e.
A. at Rochester. Ind. This will be as short a
line as there is between the two cities. that of
the L.. n. A & c. excepted.
E. Fl. Scott yesterday returned from New
York where he went. with Wagner Swayne, to
complete the sale of both divisions of the Indian
apolis, Peru & CHICAGO road to the Lake Erie &
Western people. They paid the $500, 600 in cash
required. and announced that although they had
FIVE months in which to pay the remaining 3d.
100000. it would be paid within the next thirty
days
On the 1st of March Indianapolis roads COM
menced weighing all freights shipped and billing
them out at actual weight. and it has hand
soney increased the revenue of the roads.
Some of the roads now propose to commence
the inspection of freiehts as it is done at New
York city and Jersey City. This procaution is
taken to prevent shippers underbiling the class
of freight.
syndicate composed Of Indianapolis and
Cleveland men are negotiating for the purchase
of the Brunswick & Western road. which runs
from Brunswick to Albany, Ga, a distance of
170 miles. Should this syndicate secure control
of the property it will be placed in good condi-
ton, and an extensive business may be readily
built up, as the road passes, for many miles,
| through the best pneries in the Southern
| States.
Indianapolis wholesale men feel sore over the
Of ha rnaHa taxi tho iloap
! tickets While the roads have perfect right to
cease selling them, if they think wise TO do,
the merch ants think it dishonorable that mile
age tickets sold before the order to selling
this class of tickets was issued should not still
| be honored. and the belief is expressed that if
| the matter was carried into the courts the roads
would be forced to accept such mileage tickets.
This morning the Bee line will post its local
tariff at all stations on its line. Indianapolis
| manufacturers are most interested In the rates
| on rough material, which are certainly favora-
BILE to our manufacturers. Under special
classified ton comes slaves, heading butts. logs,
hard wood lumber. ship timber, telegraph poles,
| hoop-poles. fence-po and roofing slate. On
| these articles the rate for twenty miles is 3
cents per 100 pounds. old rate, A. cents: forty
miles new rate 81 cents, old rate cents; sew
enty-ive miles, rate cents, old rate cents;
ninety miles, new rate 81 cents, old rate 7cents;
| 125 miles, new rate 81 cents, old rate cents;
200 miles, new rate 9cents, old rate 10 cents per
! 100 pounds The rates on the intervening mile
age are In the same proportion.
General and miscellaneous.
The Cleveland Rail Rolling mill Company are
arran ging TO enlarge their plant at an expense
of 5000 000
Under their new rate-sheet the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois demands exact change, cents
per mile for passenger fares.
The Boston & Providence road is the only road
in this country provided with kiloms ter distance
posts. In Mexico the metric measure is uni
versal
The average cost of loading freight car at
of the city freight depots last year was ST. 40
per car This includes the pay of the checkmen
as we'll as the platform man.
Contracts have been awarded this week to
construct the tunnels and grade the road bed OF
the Helena e. Butte branch of the Montana Cen
trail read. One tunnel will be one mile and one
fourth in length.
A carload of oranges shipped from Riverside
CAL. on the evening of April arrived here ovcI
| the l. q St. u yesterday morning. little over
! eight DAYS from time of shipment Two years
| ago fourteen days was called good time on fruits
shipped from California to this and the Chicago
| market.
The Northwestern railway line has made ar
important change IN freight practice by direct
| ing that hereafter charges for livestock trans
pcrtaton shall be By the one hundred pounds
instead of by carload as heretofore. This does
away with all discrimination and controversy re-
garding the size of cars furnished shippers.
The general passenger agent of the Atchison
| Topeka az Santa Fe has issued a circular, which
has been received by agents in this territory
notifying them that the Santa Fee would con-
Time to pay commissions to regularly author
lied ticket agents, as heretofore, with the I'M
Outstanding that they gratuity to such
agents IN payment of service rendered. The
last clause is TO the effect that agent shall
use any portion of his commission to cut rate
The auditor of the Wabash Western road OF
which A. A. Talnage is general manager, has
issued a circular advising foreign roads that this
company is under trackage arrangements be-
tween the following points: Denver and Peru,
over the Indiana polls division of the Lake Erie
& WESTERN between Ottumwa and Givin, ovel
the Chicago & Rock Island; between Ottumws
and Harvey. Ia, over the same road and be
tween Hannibal and Moberly the Missouri
Pacific.
The Vandalia line yesterday fell into line and
refused to sell tickets of ST. Louis over III,
Chicago & Alton. the Wabash and the Missouri
Pacific roads, which have been boycotted by tn,
trunk lines The delay in the Vandalia taking
such step occasioned by the position
President Mckeen took in the matter, he feeling
that it unwise for the Pennsylvania Com
pany to incur the i'll will Of the roads runninl
west from St. Louis by first issuing the circular
! to gents boycotting those roads.